October 24, 2006

Picture of a very spicy chilly locally known in manipur as “U-Morok” and “Thangjing” . Thangjing is a water plant and the skin is quite spiky. The seeds/nuts inside is eaten with “morokmetpa” (chilly smashed with small fermented fish “ngari”) or eromba and is quite addictive.
I haven’t seen this vegetable in any other place. If anyone eats or have seen this vegetable please drop a comments. Thanks !
Thanks to Rakesh Sougaijam for sharing this picture.
October 24, 2006 at 6:14 pm
What a strange veggies!! Never seen them before!! Must taste good!!:))
October 25, 2006 at 6:55 am
Thangjing, despite its apalling appearance, is one ‘must-have’ for the meitei singju and eromba…i like both the kinds. And well for the U-morok, winter’s here…might as well need some ‘o those lol.
October 25, 2006 at 3:20 pm
YES YES YES Thangjing is a “must have”.
April 22, 2008 at 8:42 am
Che Monica,
From whatever little I know abt thangjing…in hindi its called “makhana”…in places like bihar…they make popcorn from the thangjing maru. Even in Tripura its popular among the locals and of course the meitei population here